A case of stolen letters leads Sherlock Holmes into a long conflict with Charles Augustus Magnussen, the Napoleon of blackmail, and the one man he truly hates. But how do you tackle a foe who knows the personal weakness of every person of importance in the Western world?

Show Genl Info: Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. Nine episodes have been produced, the first three of which aired in 2010. Series two aired in 2012, and a third series started to air in 2014. A fourth series was confirmed by Cumberbatch. The series has been sold to over 200 territories....In this modernized version of the Conan Doyle characters, using his detective plots, Sherlock Holmes lives in early 21st century London and acts more cocky towards Scotland Yard's detective inspector Lestrade because he's actually less confident. Doctor Watson is now a fairly young veteran of the Afghan war, less adoring and more....This three-part series retells the tale of England's most celebrated detective but in a modern-day setting, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman taking the leads as Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson respectively. A thrilling, funny, fast-paced contemporary remake of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic.....After the end of the final episode of the second series, Moffat and Gatiss both announced on Twitter that a third series had been commissioned at the same time as series two, and a part of the resolution to "The Reichenbach Fall" was filmed concurrently with series two. Gatiss confirmed that he would write the first episode of the third series, and that it would be "loosely based" on "The Adventure of the Empty House", in which Conan Doyle revealed that Holmes had faked his death. Gatiss wanted to have Watson react very differently from the original character at the discovery of Holmes's return in series three; "I always found it a little unlikely that Dr Watson's only reaction was to faint for instance—as opposed to possibly a stream of terrible swear words", he said.Moffat tackles the fact that eventually Watson will be living apart from Holmes, though he was at first uncertain whether he will have Watson get married in this adaptation....On 1 September 2013, the principal photography of the third series had been completed. On 29 November, the BBC announced the UK release date of series three to be 1 January 2014 and was unveiled by a hearse that drove through London, displaying the date of the premiere. This relates to the first episode of the third series....Watch Crime, Mystery Drama Sherlock Season 3, Episode 3 "His Last Vow "